A new ARCA and Legends car, an IndyCar road course and a redevelopment of the GTP and P2 tyre performance are just some of the many things that we can expect in iRacing's 2025 Season 2 build arriving on March 11th.
It is only a few short weeks before the next build of iRacing arrives ahead of 2025 Season 2. Like clockwork, the quarterly Development Update blog entry is now out, and we know what to expect in the next build and future builds.
In the latest post, we know all of the new additions for the next build and plenty more, including some content we can expect for the future. So here is a rundown of everything that we can expect for iRacing both in the Season 2 build and beyond.
Instead, the sole new addition comes in the form of the most recent ARCA Series car for oval racers. The soon-to-be-outdated model has been in usage since 2009 and is one of the most populated series on the service. For the Season 2 build, there will be multiple fully licenced cars from the series but worry not those who may have picked up the current car.
A sneak peek at one of the upcoming new ARCA cars, arriving with 2025 Season 2. Image: iRacing.com
Just like with the Australian Supercars in the 25S1 build and both the McLaren GT3 and BMW M4 GT4 in the 24S4 build, there will be different amounts of credits reimbursed depending on how recently the outgoing model was picked up. For anyone who bought the ARCA car in the last 180 days, it will be a 100% rebate, 75% for between 181 and 210 days, and 50% for between 211 and 365 days.
Another car arriving in the update is another refresh, albeit less of a new car and more of an update to a pre-existing one. The base content package Legends Ford 34c will receive an update to the physics and art advancements. By all means, it is quite the contrast to last season in terms of car additions, which had the Ferrari 499P, BMW M2 CSR, Acura GT3 and more.
But fear not, road racers, for a track we deciphered as arriving in either Season 2 or 3 will, in fact, be doing so in the former.
After the iRacing development team went to the UK to scan three tracks, they were confirmed to be Cadwell Park, Thruxton and Croft. The first two were added in 2024 Season 4 and 2025 Season 1, respectively, so it was believed that Croft would follow suit this season. However, in the comments on the iRacing Forums post for the development update blog, Greg West - iRacing Director of Racing Operations - confirmed that they have had to reprioritise Croft, confirming it will not be released in the next build.
Additionally in the post, an update was provided regarding the rework to both the fixes being made to the GTP tyre model and hybrid systems. The former is set for release with the Season 2 build, with all GTP cars and the Dallara P217 LMP2 car getting a heavily reworked tyre model that will see the cars behave drastically differently than how they do currently in high-speed corners and on cold tyres.
Ahead of the last build, iRacing received major criticism for the discrepancies in lap time between the real-life cars and their counterparts in-sim. It forced the team to respond, and they will also be doing the same now with the hybrid systems in the GTP cars, which worked differently from how they do in reality. This fix is set to arrive ahead of Season 3 in June.
Plenty of oval tracks will also be getting art refreshes, and a bunch of road courses will be getting 3D kerbs. The second phase of the debris refresh will also be released in the next build, and there will be a new system implemented for those players with unstable connections. Everyone has been around a blinker at least once in an iRacing race, and those players will finally get an alert on their screen, and they will automatically be pulled into the pits until their connection improves.
There will be an option for players who have been forcibly dragged back to the pits to 'ghost drive' on their own until their connection is stable once again. It can also give those players ample time to potentially fix their connection issues should a quick fix exist.
Players with unstable connections can no longer inadvertently terrorise those trying to anticipate where they will reappear on track. Image: iRacing.com
Along with all that, a new lighting model and additional language implementation but also, with this post, official word on the long-awaited updated in-sim user interface. The hope was to debut it with 2025 Season 2, unfortunately that will not happen and no word on when it will but it may well be for Season 3 in June.
As alluded to previously, another Ferrari is confirmed to be in the works. What that will be, we still do not know for a fact. They also make mention of their recent trip to scan the Adelaide street circuit, and claim it may take longer than a conventional track to create since the images and scan data were being done when the circuit was still being used by the public.
There is also the first official confirmation from iRacing themselves of the intention to add Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the Mexico City Grand Prix track. We guessed that with the upcoming NASCAR-licenced standalone game that iRacing is working on, they will have the scan data for the track. Unfortunately, it most likely will not be added in time for either the Cup Series round in June or the Grand Prix in November.
Read the full Development Update blog to find out more about what is releasing with 2025 Season 2 and beyond.
Which bit of content or changes being made for iRacing 2025 Season 2 interest you the most? Let us know in the comments below, and join the discussion in our iRacing forum!
It is only a few short weeks before the next build of iRacing arrives ahead of 2025 Season 2. Like clockwork, the quarterly Development Update blog entry is now out, and we know what to expect in the next build and future builds.
In the latest post, we know all of the new additions for the next build and plenty more, including some content we can expect for the future. So here is a rundown of everything that we can expect for iRacing both in the Season 2 build and beyond.
New Cars
With GT3 cars being amongst the selection of new content for the past few season builds, it may be a tad refreshing to find out that there will not be any GT3 cars added in Season 2. But for those who only do road racing, it appears that as far as cars go, there will not be any new cars for Sports Car or Formula Car racing.Instead, the sole new addition comes in the form of the most recent ARCA Series car for oval racers. The soon-to-be-outdated model has been in usage since 2009 and is one of the most populated series on the service. For the Season 2 build, there will be multiple fully licenced cars from the series but worry not those who may have picked up the current car.
A sneak peek at one of the upcoming new ARCA cars, arriving with 2025 Season 2. Image: iRacing.com
Just like with the Australian Supercars in the 25S1 build and both the McLaren GT3 and BMW M4 GT4 in the 24S4 build, there will be different amounts of credits reimbursed depending on how recently the outgoing model was picked up. For anyone who bought the ARCA car in the last 180 days, it will be a 100% rebate, 75% for between 181 and 210 days, and 50% for between 211 and 365 days.
Another car arriving in the update is another refresh, albeit less of a new car and more of an update to a pre-existing one. The base content package Legends Ford 34c will receive an update to the physics and art advancements. By all means, it is quite the contrast to last season in terms of car additions, which had the Ferrari 499P, BMW M2 CSR, Acura GT3 and more.
But fear not, road racers, for a track we deciphered as arriving in either Season 2 or 3 will, in fact, be doing so in the former.
New Track & Other Features
With the annual IndyCar iRacing Series all-but-confirming the addition of Portland International Raceway, it was slated to run on the same weekend as the real life race, meaning it would be released in Season 3 at the latest. But the track has now been officially confirmed for Season 2, with another track that was assumed to be released in the next build now being delayed.After the iRacing development team went to the UK to scan three tracks, they were confirmed to be Cadwell Park, Thruxton and Croft. The first two were added in 2024 Season 4 and 2025 Season 1, respectively, so it was believed that Croft would follow suit this season. However, in the comments on the iRacing Forums post for the development update blog, Greg West - iRacing Director of Racing Operations - confirmed that they have had to reprioritise Croft, confirming it will not be released in the next build.
Additionally in the post, an update was provided regarding the rework to both the fixes being made to the GTP tyre model and hybrid systems. The former is set for release with the Season 2 build, with all GTP cars and the Dallara P217 LMP2 car getting a heavily reworked tyre model that will see the cars behave drastically differently than how they do currently in high-speed corners and on cold tyres.
Ahead of the last build, iRacing received major criticism for the discrepancies in lap time between the real-life cars and their counterparts in-sim. It forced the team to respond, and they will also be doing the same now with the hybrid systems in the GTP cars, which worked differently from how they do in reality. This fix is set to arrive ahead of Season 3 in June.
Plenty of oval tracks will also be getting art refreshes, and a bunch of road courses will be getting 3D kerbs. The second phase of the debris refresh will also be released in the next build, and there will be a new system implemented for those players with unstable connections. Everyone has been around a blinker at least once in an iRacing race, and those players will finally get an alert on their screen, and they will automatically be pulled into the pits until their connection improves.
There will be an option for players who have been forcibly dragged back to the pits to 'ghost drive' on their own until their connection is stable once again. It can also give those players ample time to potentially fix their connection issues should a quick fix exist.
Players with unstable connections can no longer inadvertently terrorise those trying to anticipate where they will reappear on track. Image: iRacing.com
Along with all that, a new lighting model and additional language implementation but also, with this post, official word on the long-awaited updated in-sim user interface. The hope was to debut it with 2025 Season 2, unfortunately that will not happen and no word on when it will but it may well be for Season 3 in June.
Future Additions
The impending addition of fully-fledged Gen 4 cars to iRacing has been a long time coming, and there is a sneak peek of the car that the team had hoped would be ready for the next build, but again, they will be working on it for a little bit longer. Speaking of which, there will be redevelopments coming for the NASCAR Next Gen Cup Series cars and also for the IndyCar.As alluded to previously, another Ferrari is confirmed to be in the works. What that will be, we still do not know for a fact. They also make mention of their recent trip to scan the Adelaide street circuit, and claim it may take longer than a conventional track to create since the images and scan data were being done when the circuit was still being used by the public.
There is also the first official confirmation from iRacing themselves of the intention to add Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, the Mexico City Grand Prix track. We guessed that with the upcoming NASCAR-licenced standalone game that iRacing is working on, they will have the scan data for the track. Unfortunately, it most likely will not be added in time for either the Cup Series round in June or the Grand Prix in November.
Read the full Development Update blog to find out more about what is releasing with 2025 Season 2 and beyond.
Which bit of content or changes being made for iRacing 2025 Season 2 interest you the most? Let us know in the comments below, and join the discussion in our iRacing forum!
